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Constituency

266. Katwa

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West Bengal Assembly Election, 1972

WB-KATWA

INC 60.4%won by 20.7%CPM 39.6%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 20.7%.

  • INC vote shareINC went from 41.5% to 60.4% of the vote here (+18.9%).

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
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not in source
Turnout
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not in source
Valid votes
54,764
Margin
11,358
20.74%

Candidates

2 contested · winner INC
  1. 1SUBRATA MUKHERJEIndian National Congress · INC33,06160.4%
  2. 2HARA MOHAN SINHACommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM21,70339.6%

Since 1971

Derived
Winner then
CPM
Winner now
INCflipped
INC–CPM swing
+33.9%
INC share
41.5% → 60.4%
CPM share
54.7% → 39.6%
Turnout
— → —
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